Neville Pamment wrote:
>While on this subject ... a couple of days ago there was a singing male
Song
>Thrush in a garden near us in Clifton Hill (5 km from Melbourne GPO). This
>was the first I've seen or heard in the district for about 4 years, though
>there may be a relict population. They were common until the late 1990s
but
>the drought and hot weather seems to have driven them out. The recent
heavy
>rain and cooler conditions in Melbourne (lots of snails) would be to their
>liking.
Whilst the wet weather might be to their liking, it is probably too late in
the season to initiate a nesting event. Plenty of slugs around here, but
very few snails yet.
As Song Thrushes (and indeed nearly all other birds) are not Phoenixes and
therefore not able to regenerate from the soil/ashes, I presume this bird
had been lurking somewhere nearby most of the time - the rain might have
been encouraging enough to start him singing again!!
They haven't been very vocal in Northcote (a couple of km north) lately
either, but definitely still here ...
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Lawrie Conole
28 Reid Street
Northcote 3070 AUSTRALIA
0419588993
lconole at gmail dot com
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